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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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